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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 19. Agriculture » Article 25. Limiting Liability of Landowners

§19-25-1. Purpose

The purpose of this article is to encourage owners of land to make available to the public land and water areas for military, law-enforcement, homeland-defense training, or recreational, agricultural, or wildlife propagation purposes by limiting their liability for injury to persons entering thereon and for injury to the property of persons entering thereon and limiting […]

§19-25-2. Limiting Duty of Landowner Generally

(a) Subject to the provisions of 19-25-4 of this code, an owner of land owes no duty of care to keep the premises safe for entry or use by others for recreational or wildlife propagation purposes, or to give any warning of a dangerous or hazardous condition, use, structure, or activity on such premises to […]

§19-25-3. Limiting Duty of Landowner Who Grants a Lease, Easement or License of Land to Federal, State, County or Municipal Government or Any Agency Thereof

Unless otherwise agreed in writing, an owner who grants a lease, easement or license of land to the federal government or any agency thereof, or the state or any agency thereof, or any county or municipality or agency thereof, for military, law-enforcement or homeland-defense training or recreational or wildlife propagation purposes owes no duty of […]

§19-25-4. Application of Article

Nothing herein limits in any way any liability which otherwise exists: (a) For deliberate, willful or malicious infliction of injury to persons or property; or (b) for injury suffered in any case where the owner of land charges the person or persons who enter or go on the land other than the amount, if any, […]

§19-25-5. Definitions

Unless the context used clearly requires a different meaning, as used in this article: “Agricultural purposes” means the raising, cultivation, drying, harvesting, marketing, production, or storage of agricultural products, including both crops and livestock, for sale or use in agriculture or agricultural production, or the storage of machinery or equipment used in support of agricultural […]